f7ca7baf-9f2a-2fa3-3c99-5ed2e887eb71 dataset Environmental Reporting, Ministry for the Environment and Statistics New Zealand Analyst 23 Kate Sheppard Place, PO Box 10362 Wellington 6143 Environmental.Reporting@mfe.govt.nz 2022-11-21T13:41:14 ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification 2007 17 2193 EPSG 9.8(10.0.0) NZ Seamount closures (Merc41) 2016-10-27 New Zealand’s four million km2 marine environment is diverse, with a range of coastal habitats and offshore seabed environments. There are also many marine species unique to New Zealand. Marine protected areas conserve or manage some of these unique habitats and species, while a range of other tools also provide marine protection. We report on the area covered by these tools as an indirect measure to understand the state of the marine environment. Seamount (underwater mountain area) closures are one of the marine protection tools used. They are designated areas in the exclusive economic zone, which extends to the 200 nautical mile limit. Seamount closures protect underwater mountain areas through the prohibition of all trawling activity. There are some areas where seamount closures overlap with benthic protection areas. In these cases the seamount closure restrictions apply.Sourced from MfE from a collection of layers for the "Our Marine Environment 2016" report (see https://data.mfe.govt.nz/layers/tag/our-marine-environment-2016/). Mercator 41 Projection - EPSG:3994 Sourced from MfE from a collection of layers for the "Our Marine Environment 2016" report (see https://data.mfe.govt.nz/layers/tag/our-marine-environment-2016/). Mercator 41 Projection - EPSG:3994 Sourced from MfE from a collection of layers for the "Our Marine Environment 2016" report (see https://data.mfe.govt.nz/layers/tag/our-marine-environment-2016/). Environmental Reporting, Ministry for the Environment and Statistics New Zealand Analyst 23 Kate Sheppard Place, PO Box 10362 Wellington 6143 Environmental.Reporting@mfe.govt.nz *.xml Unknown New Zealand ANZLIC Jurisdictions 2008-10-29 Version 2.1 2008-10-29 http://asdd.ga.gov.au/asdd/profileinfo/anzlic-jurisdic.xml#anzlic-jurisdic ANZLIC the Spatial Information Council MARINE MARINE-Biology FAUNA-Vertebrates ECOLOGY-Habitat BOUNDARIES ANZLIC Search Words 2008-05-16 Version 2.1 2008-05-16 http://asdd.ga.gov.au/asdd/profileinfo/anzlic-theme.xml#anzlic-theme ANZLIC the Spatial Information Council Downloadable Data Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment environment boundaries oceans Microsoft Windows 10 Version 10.0 (Build 19044) ; Esri ArcGIS 12.8.3.29751 ANZMet Lite Country codelist 2009-03-31 Version 1.0 2009-03-31 http://asdd.ga.gov.au/asdd/profileinfo/anzlic-country.xml#Country ANZLIC the Spatial Information Council nzl 161.209105901 -172.999830683 -55.1000000001 -31.5833000002 true -180.00 180.00 -55.10 -31.5833 Enterprise Geodatabase Feature Class https://data.mfe.govt.nz/layer/53496-seamount-closures-2016-report/ dataset Source: Ministry for Primary Industries Method: Methodology (collection & analyses) Protection in the marine environment is a conservation tool where human activity is restricted to varying degrees. We report on the extent and location of protection in the marine environment in relation to biogeographic regions (areas defined by the geographical distribution of animals and plants; Department of Conservation, 2014). Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment